Reappraising the potential of biological control against the weed Carthamus lanatus

Entomophaga

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 559-568

  Aeschlimann, J P ^a  

^a Agropolis International   (France)

Author keywords

Biological control; Carthamus lanatus; Carthamus tinctorius; Natural enemies; Phenological specificity; Weed

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006302545     PISSN: 00138959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02769815     Document Type: Article

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